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 Hi, and welcome to the website of Li Cheong,

Here I share my music compositions, things about erhu (an East Asian bowed-string instrument) and other bowed-string instruments in the world, and about culture and history.

​Biography / Biografia

Cheong Li is a composer and erhu performer. He was born in Macau, grew up in Hong Kong and is currently living in London, UK. Li studied music composition with Prof. Victor Chan and erhu with Ms. Hsin Hsiao Ling in the Chinese University of Hong Kong and later furthered his study in composition with Prof. Roger Marsh and obtained a PhD in Music (2014) at the University of York. He enjoys improvisation as much as composition. Some of his works has been performed in festivals, Impromptu (2011) for alto flute and live electronics in the Soundscape Festival at Maccagno, Italy (2012) and ISCM World Music Days (2013) at Vienna. As an erhu performer, he is interested in cross-cultural performance, in particular fusion with Hindustani and Turkic classical and folk music. He has performed with Ensemble o/f[or] during Axiothea Cultural Festival in Nicosia, Cyprus (2013) and with GMW Ambassadors in Milan (2017). Recently, he has also performed with popular artists Conan Osiris and the group Quid in Portugal. 

Cheong Li é compositor e tocador de erhu (violino chinês de duas cordas). Nasceu em Macau, cresceu em Hong Kong e agora viva em Londres, UK. Ele obteve Licençiatura em Música na Universidade Chinesa de Hong Kong (2002), estudou composição com Prof. Victor Chan e erhu com Sra. Hsin Hsiao Ling.  Ele obteve PhD em Música (Composição) (2014) na Universidade de York, estudou com Prof. Roger Marsh. As suas composições muitas vezes apresentam elementos de improvisação. O Impromptu II (2011) para flauta de alto nível e eletrônica ao vivo foi realizado no Soundscape Festival em Maccagno, Itália (2012) e no ISCM World Music Days (2013) em Viena. Como tocador de erhu, ele é interessado em intercâmbio cultural, em particular a música classica hindustani e turca. Ele se apresentou com o Ensemble o/f[or] durante o Festival Cultural Axiothea em Nicósia, Chipre (2013) e com os Embaixadores da GMW em Milão (2017). Recentemente, ele tocava música com artistas em Portugal incluindo o Conan Osiris e o grupo Quid.